| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Concepts and Connotations of Rural Development; Basic Elements of Rural Development; Growth versus Development; Why Rural Development; Rising Expectations and Development; Development and Change; Human Beings as the Cause and Consequence of Development; Some Dilemmas in Development; RURAL ECONOMY OF INDIA; Introduction; Size and Structure of the Rural Economy; The Role of the Agricultural Sector; Major Problems of the Agricultural Sector; The Role of the Non-agricultural Subsector; Challenges and the Ways Forward; MEASURES OF DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Measures of Level of Rural Development; Measures of Income Distribution; Measures of Development Simplified; Concepts and Measures of Rural Poverty; SOME PARADIGMS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; The Modernisation Theory; The |
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Programs; NATURAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; Introduction; Natural Resources-based Programs; National Crop Insurance Program (NCIP); Weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS); Infrastructure Development Programs; PLANNING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Levels and Functions of Planning; Decentralization of Planning; Methodology of Micro-level Planning; Methodology of Block- and District-level Planning; Institutional Structure for Planning; ORGANIZING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; A Detour to Organizational Models; The Search for a New Paradigm; Criteria for Designing an Appropriate Organization; Government Organizations; Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs); Cooperatives; Voluntary Agencies/Nongovernmental Organizations; Corporations and Rural Development; FINANCING RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Domestic Institutional Sources; The Role of |
| Summary |
An unparalleled textbook on the subject, extensively revised to provide updates of various policies, strategies, and programs in the spheres of rural development and management in India. This time-tested textbook on the basic concepts, policy instruments, strategies, policies, programs, and management of rural development provides a comprehensive coverage of the subject. Primarily targeted at graduate and postgraduate students of rural development, this textbook also emphasizes the crucial role of human resources as both a means and an end to development. The book aims to equip the reader to ho |
| Notes |
"Originally published in 2016 in English by SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd as Rural development: principles, policies and management, 4e"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 24, 2018) |
| Subject |
Rural development.
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Rural development -- India.
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rural development.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Rural development
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shishodia, Anil, 1962- author.
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| ISBN |
9789352800230 |
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9352800230 |
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9789352800247 |
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9352800249 |
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